His name is not Julien.

Metronomy
Originally uploaded by Any Syler

Fact: I have a strong liking for the name Julien. I actually prefer Julien to be spelled with an 'e' rather than with an 'a'. Why? It is because it looks prettier to my eyes. And, I am the writer. I make these decisions around here.

Today was another one of those awkward days where I woke up, not wanting to wake up, still tired and unrested due to my frustrations in relationships with others. Please do not request for me to go into detail, but I will go into detail. Every nitty, gritty, wretched, detail about my ever growing impatience with these habits and behaviours.

I am starting.
Truncated.

I shall speak of the sky right now, instead. Take me off of this trail of negativity: Well, it is swirling. I am not starting this off very well, but it's painted... warm and cold. Violet and orange. The sun is tucked away in the horizon- that I am unable to see, due to these buildings in my way at the moment. This color is fading rapidly, growing darker by the second. A crescent moon hovers above my head, glowing in the dark blue.... It's this time of the day I like to sit down and watch. So much change is happening such a small period of time... not many get a chance to observe this beauty. But, some will once or even a few times in their life.

Life.
That is exactly what this dusk is. A brief moment during time... that happens so instantly, not everyone has time to enjoy it. I am really horrible at doing these analogies, but I really don't care at this point. The more I absorb this dieing color of orange, which is almost carried back to California, the more I want to dive into it, swim around, writhe in its serenity. Now it sounds like I am trying too hard...


Julien.
That is not the name of the man in the picture. His name is Gabriel. And he is a fantastic man with fantastic glasses that you cannot see in this picture. I wish my time in that building, in that room, at that spot, had never come, or that it had never ended. But, as everything else happens, it had to end. Along with me continuing to believe his name was Julien.

Oh well. He felt like a Julien to me.
Now the sky is almost black.

Hej hej,
Any

Labor omnia vicit.

Work conquered everything.

Good ol' Virgil.

I'm not the greatest Latin student, let me begin with that, but the stress that continues with this class is driving me nuts. I enjoy knowing about it, this is very true. There is always some kind of "Oooooh" factor when someone asks what foreign language I am taking. Enough about Latin. I can have a catch-up weekend, as it is a 'long' one.

I hope to spend this weekend having adventures in reading some of my books that I purchased yesterday.
I went crazy. I need to obtain a library card, as I have all of my shelve space at maximum capacity. And I shouldn't spend so much money on books that I have never read before. I mean... I had an adventure. There were many I picked up that I have been dieing to read, and I know I shall enjoy them, but there is another part of me that needs to conserve the cash for other things. Though, books are a nice investment. Plus, galumphing through a library is always amazing.

Before I forget, I am going to make a little list of things to do. Stickie notes (on the computer or on my door!) are not only doing it for me anymore.

Things I must fulfill within the next few days
1. Finish two books, begin a third
2. Complete my maths homework
3. Complete my English assignment online
4. Recopy all 17 Chapters of Latin notes, at my convenience
5. Purchase a memory card for my camera
6. Buy a Birthday card and mail it to my Uncle
7. Purchase milk for breakfast so I do not have to go during next week for some
8. Attend the play-writing workshop in two weeks
9. Establish a solid idea for my first attempt at a play... that must be completed in less than a month

Thank you for this (semi-) brief interlude.
I have things to do... and being that maths is in about one hour... I reckon I am off to go finish one of those books on my list! 'Tis The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime- I should have finished this earlier this week, but I was lazy, stressed, the list of negative adjectives goes ad infinitum.

(See how I cleverly managed to begin and end this on a Latin note?)

Hej hej,
Any

You are my voice,

my Microphone.

New Coconut Records is coming out on Tuesday! I can't believe Jason is actually going to release a new album... I thought that Nighttiming was going to be his only album. Now I feel bad that I have had my doubts... and I am so excited for "Davy." I think it's going to be brilliant, based on the first single that has been released for purchase on iTunes entitled "Microphone." Click to listen on his myspace page.

Went out this weekend for a photo adventure. Too bad I was cameraless, and I had to borrow another's camera... it's a long story why I am cameraless that I wish to not get into again.

Things have been tough the last few weeks for me- emotionally. The winter quarter started on Monday, I'm back here in Seattle where it is beautiful and dark and rich, 24/7. I'm working on becoming stable once again. I felt today was a nice day to leave a new message up here... it would be good for me to get back on track and at least attempt to updating this thing more often. I love writing, and this, this will help me write at least something from time to time.

Well, off to fulfill my requirements of doing Maths, English, and Latin!
Hej hej,

Any